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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 50 (Thursday, March 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 14032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05257]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Cracking of
Duplex Stainless Steel
Notice is hereby given that, on February 16, 2017, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research
Institute--Cooperative Research Group on Cracking of Duplex Stainless
Steel (``DSS-CRG'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1)
the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose
of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties
to the venture are: Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Richmond, CA; Fluor
Enterprises, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA; Marathon Petroleum Company LP,
Findlay, OH; and Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc., Houston, TX.
The general areas of DSS-CRG's planned activity are identification
of failure mechanisms and major contributing factors for cracking in
REACs and quantification of their effects; establishment of safe
integrity operational window (IOW) for avoidance of cracking-related
failures in REACs; development of guidelines and tools for risk based
inspection directed towards assessment of cracking in REACs currently
in service; development of guidelines for manufacturing of REACs
resistant to cracking; identification of NDE techniques for determining
ferrite content in the weld metal and HAZ of REAC welds; and evaluation
of NDE techniques for crack detection in REAC welds.
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-05257 Filed 3-15-17; 8:45 am]
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